Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Maimonides across 6 places, from 1138 to 1204.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Moses ben Maimon (died 12 December 1204), commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam, was a Sephardic Jewish rabbi who is widely acknowledged as one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Maimonides is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Maimonides was documented, and when
1138year
Córdoba, Spainattested“Maimonides was born 1138 (or 1135) in Córdoba in the Muslim-ruled Almoravid dynasty, at the end of the Golden Age of Jewish culture in Spain after the first centuries of Muslim rule.”source: Wikipedia: Maimonides
1138year
Spainattested“Maimonides was born 1138 (or 1135) in Córdoba in the Muslim-ruled Almoravid dynasty, at the end of the Golden Age of Jewish culture in Spain after the first centuries of Muslim rule.”source: Wikipedia: Maimonides
16 May 1165exact date
Acre, Israelattested“Following this sojourn in Morocco, he lived in Acre with his father and brother, arriving on May 16, 1165.”source: Wikipedia: Maimonides
16 May 1165exact date
Moroccoattested“Following this sojourn in Morocco, he lived in Acre with his father and brother, arriving on May 16, 1165.”source: Wikipedia: Maimonides
1171year
Fustatattested“There is mention that Maimonides first settled in Alexandria, and moved to Fustat only in 1171.”source: Wikipedia: Maimonides
1171year
Alexandriaattested“There is mention that Maimonides first settled in Alexandria, and moved to Fustat only in 1171.”source: Wikipedia: Maimonides
12 December 1204exact date
Fustatattested“Maimonides died on 12 December 1204 (20th of Tevet 4965) in Fustat.”source: Wikipedia: Maimonides
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1168year
Fustatmentioned“He and his family settled in Fustat in Fatimid Caliphate-controlled Egypt by 1168.”source: Wikipedia: Maimonides
1171year
Islamic Cairomentioned“In a letter discovered in the Cairo Geniza, he wrote: Around 1171, Maimonides was appointed the nagid of the Egyptian Jewish community.”source: Wikipedia: Maimonides
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Cairo Genizamentioned“In a letter discovered in the Cairo Geniza, he wrote: Around 1171, Maimonides was appointed the nagid of the Egyptian Jewish community.”source: Wikipedia: Maimonides
1172year
Yemenmentioned“In 1172–74, Maimonides wrote his famous Epistle to Yemen.”source: Wikipedia: Maimonides
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